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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 18:35:02 JST
Reply-To: WRITERS
Sender: WRITERS
From: Mike Barker
Subject: EXERCISE: The cat on the hearth...
Step one: Pick two characters (any two will do)
Step two: Pick one of the following emotions:
Love Hate
Joy Relief Distress Sadness
Fear Anticipation
Pride Gratitude Guilt Anger
Benevolence Pride-in-other Malevolence
Step three: Character one feels this emotion towards character two.
At the moment in question, character one is sitting in a room with a pet
of character two. Get that picture in your mind, with a specific pet, a
room that you can see, and some reason for character one to be waiting
there...
Step four: Now, describe that waiting with the pet, bringing out the
emotion that character one feels toward their owner - without ever
mentioning it by name. I.e., let them talk, rub, whistle at, or
whatever the pet - and in that interaction, show what they feel towards
the owner.
On your keyboards, get set, write!
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